Condenser



Feb. '2 1926. 1571,375

J. C. ROGERS CONDENSER Filed Nov. 11, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 LKmx ' INV NTOR.

' ATTORNEYM J.C.ROGERS CONDENSER Filed Nov. 11, 1924 Feb. 2 19260 1 ENTOR ,C, W

ATTORNEYJ Feb. 2 1926.

J. C. ROGERS CONDENSER Filed Nov. 11, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Z 2 @INV IYTOR. BY 7? 7 M Q A TTORNEYJ and Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES] PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. ROGERS, OE HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HOUSTON BLOW PIPE & SHEET METAL WORKS, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, A OORPORATION.

CONDENSER.

Application filed November 11, 1924. Serial No. 749,142.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. RoGnRs, citizen of the United States, residing at 1201 Enid Street,, Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Condenser, of which the following is a specimaterial adapted to receive .the fiber from the gin and form the same into a bat which is formed, by the condenser, into-individual units, or rolls, of the lint, which are then delivered into the press for formation into a bale. V

Another object of the invention is to provide'a condenser, of the character described, which will also relieve the lint of dirt and small particles of foreign matter contained therein. A further object is to produce a condenser for cotton line which is of simple construction and may be cheaply produced, and

which, at the same time, is very effective in accomplishing the purpose for which it was intended.

\Vith the above and other objects in view this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement:ofsrpartsran example of which is given inv this specification and illustrated in the accompanying r drawing,

Figure 1 shows a rear side view'of the condenser. i- A 57;).

Figure 2 shows ahorizontal sectional view. Figure 3 shows a vertical. sectional. view,

Figure 4; shows a fragmentaryl sectional View of the, delivery apron employed-.1: 3'.

Referring now more particularly to' the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures, the numeral 1 designates an inlet lint flue which is separated into branches 2, 2 which converge and unite in a common suction pipe 3. At the-juncture of the branches 2 with the lint flue 1 they are i formed into a casing 4 in which there is mounted a rotatable foraminated drum 5.

This drum consists of a tubular skeleton surrounded, preferably, by mesh wire, or other suitable foraminated material. As stated the drum is rotatable, and for the purpose of rotation is formed with the peripheral annular tracks 6,, 6, one at each end, which ride on the flanged wheels 7, 7. These wheels are fixed on the transverse shafts 8, 8

which rotate in end bearings in'the casing 4.

Adjacent one of the tracks 6 the drum has an annular gear-face 9 in mesh with, and driven by a spur gear 10 on the correspondmg shaft 8. This shaft 8 has a belt pulley 1*1, fixed thereon, through which it is driven from any suitable power, and beyond this pulley there is a smaller pulls 12, fixed on said shaft, for a purpose to e hereinafter explained.

The drum 5 spans the lint flue and its ends have a running fit around the adjacent ends of the branches 2.

The upper part of the casing has a lengthwise opening 13 in which there is located a pressure roller 14. This roller fits snugly in its opening and is'fixed on a shaft 15 whose ends rotate in the long vertical bearings 16, 16 fastened to the casing ends. This compression roller is held, by gravity, in rolling contact with the bat-formed on the drum 5.

There is a frame formed with the side members 17, 17. The lower ends of these side members have hearings on the trans verse shaft 18, which in turn, is mounted in fixed bearings 19, 19, carried by the casing. This shaft 18 carries a fixed pulley 20, aligned with the pulley 12 and driven therefrom by the belt 21. The upper ends ofthe members 17 have the ends of the transverse shaft 21, journaled therein and said upper ends are connected by a cross brace 22.

On the respective shafts '18 and 21. the supporting rollers 23 and 24 are fixed and operating over them there is the endless apron 25. The inside of the apron 25 has the welts, or ribs, 26, 26, secured thereto which run in annular-grooves 27 ,27 around loo said rollers 23 and prevent the side movement of the apron and hold it in a true pipe 3, by a suction fan (not shown) or other conventional means, and an inlet current is thus created in the flue 1. A station- .--ary semi-cylindrical apron 32, is located within the drum 5 opposite theinlet flue, wit-hits ends extending outwardly, and fitting closely in the adjacent ends of the branches 2, so as to exclude the inlet of air except through the flue 1.

The lint, or fiber, is carried in by the air current, from the cotton gin, and will be deposited on the surface of the drum, as it rotates, the air, dust and foreign matter passing on into said drum and out through the branches 2. The drum rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, in Figure 3, and carries the deposited lint underneath the roller 14 by which it is compressed into a. loose bat. This bat'is carried on around with the drum until it is engaged by the opposite ly moving apron 25 by which it isengaged and formed into a loose roll, as 33, the upper or free end of the apron supporting frame moving away from the drum 5, as

the roll enlarges, until it assumes the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 3, said apron, however, remaining, at all times incooperating relation with the drum. The roll 33 enlarges until itbecomes overbalanced and drops off of the apron 25, severing the bat, and a new roll is then started. Ilhe rolls, as thus formed, are delivered into the press, in the formation of the cotton bales therein.

What I claim is: 1. A condenser including a flue, a rotatable foraminated drum spanning the flue, a compression roller adjacent, the drum, an

endless traveling apron adjacent the drum and cooperating therewith to form a roll, the cooperating parts ofth'e drumand apron being mov ble in opposite directions.

2. A con'denser including a flue, .a rotatable foraminated drum spanning the flue, a compression roller adjacentthe drum, an endless traveling apron adjacent the drum and cooperating therewith, the cooperating parts of the drum and apron being movable in opposite directions adapted to form a roll", and means holding the apron yieldingin operating position.

adapted' to .convey lint cotton, a rotatable 1-73. A condenser including a suction flue foraminated drum spanning the flue and provided to receive the cottonand form the same into a bat, a compression roller adjacent the drum provided to compress said bat, an endless traveling apron adjacent the drum and movable in opposition,- to the movement of said bat, around the drum, and adapted to form said bat into a roll between the drum and apron.

4. A condenser including a suction flue adapted to convey lint cotton, a rotatable foraminated drum spanning the flue and provided to receive the cotton and form the same into a bat, a compression roller adjacent the drum provided to com ress said bat, an endless traveling apron ad acent the drum and movable in opposition to the movement of said bat, around the drum, and adapted to form said bat into a roll be-. tween the drum and a ron, and means for holding the apron yie dingly against said roll.

5. A condenser including a flue, adapted to convey fibrous material by air current, a rotatable foraminated drum spanning the .fiue, and forming a moving surface on which 'said material is .deposited, a compression roller, movable toward and from the drum, and provided to compress said material into a bat, a traveling apron movable in opposition to the movement of the bat, around said drum, and ada ted to form said bat into a roll between't e drum and apron.

6. A condenser including a flue, adapted to convey fibrous material by air current, a rotatable foraminated drum s anningthe flue, and forming a moving surf ace on which said material is deposited, a compression roller, movable toward and'from the drum, and provided to compress said material into a bat, a traveling apron movable in opposition to the movement of the bat around said drum, and adapted to form sa1d bat into a roll between the drum and apron, and means holllding the apron yieldingly against the ro 7. A condenser including an inlet flue, a rotatable foraminated drum spanning the flue, a suction pipe leading out from -the end of the drum, a stationary apron .within the drum opposite the inlet flue, arranged to expose only a' limited area of the drum to the air current through said flue, bat compression means adjacent the drum, and .a traveling apron arranged to cooperate with the drum, the cooperating parts of the drum and apron being movable in opposite directions. I I v 8. A condenser including an, inlet flue, a rotatable foraminated drum s anning the flue, a suction pipe leading out rom the end of thedrum, a stationallgly apron within the drum opposite the inlet ue, arranged to expose only a limited area of the drum to the air current through said flue, bat compression means adjacent the drum, and a travelapron, rollers on which the apron is mounting apron arranged to cooperate with the ed, said rollers having peripheral grooves drum, the cooperating parts of the drum and a welt-like rib on the apron which runs 10 and apron being movable in opposite direcin said grooves tions. and means holding said apron yielcl- In testimony whereof I have signed my ingly in said cooperating relation. name to this specification.

9. In a condenser an endless traveling JOHN C. ROGERS. 

